“The Great Deceiver” is the name of a Bible study that several other men and I started this week. It focuses on how the devil, Satan, Lucifer…is VERY real and is an expert at deception. His greatest trick is to lure people into the deception that there is NO devil, NO punishment for sin, NO hell and NO Savior (since there’s no need for one). Jesus, as our Savior, is pointless. We can do what we want. When we die, we...
Step-families
Many have asked us for a concise summary of what Heather and I provide to help marriages, families, churches…the world! Here it is! What we teach… 1. How God’s way for marriage shapes every relationship & particularly shapes our Gospel witness to ALL the world! 2. Sharing God’s instructions for marriage & relationships from Gen. 2:24, Matt. 19:5 & Eph. 5:31f in a SIMPLE, MEMORABLE and CHRIST-CENTERED way, utilizing...
Handing Out Life is now available for purchase (CLICK HERE TO SEE IT ON AMAZON). This is the book that I’ve been thinking about for over 10 years and that I put to paper last fall. It summarizes the key concepts I’ve been sharing in this blog and through various seminars, papers and sermons on the topic of marriage and all relationships in God’s way. Here’s the summary of my book as it appears on the back cover of...
You or someone you know is most likely in a step-family. This is neither good nor bad. It’s just the way things are and have been for a very long time. Being involved in a step-family can have many blessings and many challenges. The difference depends on the same thing that affects EVERY family … whether or not the individuals involved are living out their relationships in God’s way. You might think that a...